Joseph Spallina Roman (May 23, 1923 – February 6, 2018) was an American actor and gym instructor. He was best known for playing Sgt. Brill on 147 episodes of the American

medical drama A medical drama is a Television film, television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, a paramedic, or any other medical topic or environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic progra ...

television series '' Quincy, M.E.'' from 1976 to 1983. Roman was born in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

. At the age of 15 he was a gym instructor for

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, and by two years later owned his own gym. Roman appeared in four films with longtime pal and actor,

Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in ...

. He also performed in two Broadway plays, ''Twilight Walk'' and ''Infidel Caesar''. Roman died in February 2018, at the age of 94.

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1923 births 2018 deaths Male actors from Philadelphia Male actors from Pennsylvania American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub